how do
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of how do
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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“Now how do I actualize it? How do I make it a film? And that’s the exciting and scary part. How do we make magic feel cultural?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
But in his latest book, Levine shifts the focus from identifying attachment styles to ask a different question: how do you become secure?
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
“I’m like, how do people forget the background of this woman?”
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
“We’re thinking about, How do we superserve the humans when they do come, and how do we think about the bots as a secondary audience?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“So how do we get a long-dead admiral and a hard-to-say-if.she’s-dead magic wolf to tear up an old contract and sign a new one?”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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